Funding for training

Heritage Alliance funding directory

Managed by The Heritage Alliance and supported by the Country Houses Foundation, the Directory is a free, easy to use guide to potential sources of support, financial and otherwise, for anyone seeking to undertake projects related to the heritage of the United Kingdom. As well as detailing sources of grants from trusts and foundations, the Directory also lists organisations offering loan finance, awards, scholarships and other "in kind" resources.

Essex County Council are to continue offering fully funded place on their courses via the City and County Bursary, which will be providing funding for sixth year to help address the problem of the traditional building skills shortage through the bursary scheme, offering free places on the Traditional Building Skills courses.

The bursary provides an opportunity for acquiring experience of craft building techniques, relevant to historic buildings, for those in the building industry who otherwise may find it financially prohibitive to attend. It will be particularly suitable for independent builders and small contractors.

Applicants must:

be working in the built environment, and

show a commitment to expanding their knowledge of the built heritage sector

If you have any questions or are interested in requesting an application form please contact Katie Seabright by email or on 01245 437672.